“Originally, it was a march, yes, because of the war, but in the 20th century, I found that passable. After all, even the Filipino flag is no longer the original one. The word Pilipino is now Filipino. The singer stuck to the lyrics anyway. So many cultural traits have lost their germane applications which should have been guarded and we do not complain about them,” dagdag pa niya.

“The National Anthem is, by itself, a sacred thing that we cannot tamper with,” aniya. “If they want to be creative or they want to show-off their high voice, [or] they want to show that they can sing with a lot of impressive technique, then they [should] do it for other pieces. But as far as the National Anthem is concerned, there is a straightforward way of rendering it.” Danalyn T. Lubang at may ulat mula kina J.A.D.P. De Leon at P.I.B. Evangelista

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